A background Q&A on the landmark Kilwa Massacre decision of the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
Tag Archives: DRC
Och-Ziff, asset laundering and the London connection Report on the repeated failure of the UK regulatory authorities to take action to prevent assets acquired through corrupt means being traded on the London markets, highlighting cases in DRC and Zimbabwe.
US hedge fund corruption settlement casts unfavourable light on City regulation A new report by RAID ‘Bribery in its purest form’: Och-Ziff, asset laundering and the London connection (released 5 January 2017) sets out the repeated failure of the UK regulatory authorities over a 10-year period – despite warnings from UN Experts, due diligence studies
Press Release The report by RAID ‘Bribery in its purest form’: Och-Ziff, asset laundering and the London connection sets out the repeated failure of the UK regulatory authorities over a 10-year period – despite warnings from UN Experts, due diligence studies and compliance watch lists – to take action to prevent assets acquired through corrupt
This report offers an in-depth critique of company complaints mechanisms as practised by two extractive industry companies Acacia Mining (formerly African Barrick Gold, ABG) operating in Tanzania and Glencore’s subsidiary, the Kamoto Copper Corporation (KCC), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Summary and Recommendations from Principles without justice – the corporate takeover of human rights. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, have allowed companies to privatise and control the implementation of human rights.
Introduction à la version française du rapport : «Réel progrès ou culture de l’image? La responsabilité d’entreprise de Glencore en République Démocratique du Congo»
French version of the report PR or Progress? Glencore’s Corporate Responsibility in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Update to the June 2014 report PR or Progress? Glencore’s Corporate Responsibility in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. RAID, Bread for all and Fastenopfer respond to Glencore’s criticism of the original report.